Minimal zeros of copositive matrices

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Abstract: Let A be an element of the copositive cone calCn. A zero u of A is a nonzero nonnegative vector such that uTAu=0. The support of u is the index set mboxsuppusubset1,dots,n corresponding to the positive entries of u. A zero u of A is called minimal if there does not exist another zero v of A such that its support mboxsuppv is a strict subset of mboxsuppu. We investigate the properties of minimal zeros of copositive matrices and their supports. Special attention is devoted to copositive matrices which are irreducible with respect to the cone S+(n) of positive semi-definite matrices, i.e., matrices which cannot be written as a sum of a copositive and a nonzero positive semi-definite matrix. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for irreducibility of a matrix A with respect to S+(n) in terms of its minimal zeros. A similar condition is given for the irreducibility with respect to the cone calNn of entry-wise nonnegative matrices. For n=5 matrices which are irreducible with respect to both S+(5) and calN5 are extremal. For n=6 a list of candidate combinations of supports of minimal zeros which an exceptional extremal matrix can have is provided.









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